as a Last Name
- 1,305
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Ell
Meaning & Origins
German and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a dealer in cloth or a tailor, from Middle High German, Middle Low German el(l)e ‘yardstick’, ‘length of the lower arm’.
| 18,725th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,305
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Ell per capita
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